Past simple :
Form
Negative -
Questions ?
Positive +
Subject+verb+ed (or irregular verb)
I played
I was
Subject+did not+verb (in infinitive)
I didn't play
did+subject+verb (in infinitive)
Did I play?
Use
Finished actions, states or habits in the past
Unreal or imaginary things in the present or future
If I won the lottery, I would buy a car.
Finished time word
-use with:
last night, yesterday, last week, in 2004, when I was a child
ex. I went to school yesterday.
Finished time period
Jules Verne was a writer.
Feelings in the past
I liked fish before.
I didn't like math in school.
Key words - yesterday, last week, last month, a year ago
Unless there is W/HOW question word
In front of ed y turns to i ex. cry - cried
am/is/are + subject + verb (in infinitiv) Are they made it?